Herald trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Elden Benge Co.
Date1977-1978 ca.
Place MadeLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
ModelResno-Tempered bell
Serial No.24507
SignedStamped on bell: Resno-Tempered / Bell / CUSTOM BUILT / BY / E – BENGE / LOS ANGELES, CALIF.MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: BENGE
Stamped on third valve trigger brace: BENGE
Stamped on bell ferrule: O7
Stamped on second valve casing: ML
Stamped on opposite side of second valve casing: 3 (probably Utley number)
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, two parts: single loop leadpipe/valve segment; separate straight bell, tuning slide at bell with ligature screw at valve segment, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water keys at first bow and third valve slide, first-valve trigger with thumb hook, third-valve trigger with pull ring and stop-rod, windway 3-2-1.
ML indicates medium large bore (0.460 inches), according to a Benge catalog from November 1969.
DimensionsHeight (overall): 864 mm
Height bell: 572 mm
Tube length: 1310 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.66 mm (0.460 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Express Music, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1986.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06769
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